Assistant Manager Resume Sample

When youre on the hunt for a new job, it is only natural to want to find new ways to make yourself a more appealing prospect for hiring managers. One way to greatly improve your chances is to examine sample resumes in your chosen field for strengths to incorporate into your own as well as weaknesses to avoid. With the help of several experts, we have given you a head start on the process by analyzing this Assistant Manager resume sample, elaborating on what works and what doesnt in the hope that youll find these tips useful in your future endeavors.

Beef up the summary

When you read the summary that leads this particular resume, you dont really get a sense of what practical skills the applicant possesses or what makes her the best fit for the job. Your summary section should essentially serve as the elevator pitch you would give a potential employer about yourself. Take between four and six lines to touch on any previous work experience, a few of your most prominent skills, and finish up with some of your best personal qualities. If written correctly, the summary should serve two purposes. It should provide hiring managers with a quick way to reference your resume should they need to look back at it, and it should most importantly intrigue them enough to keep reading.

The necessity of the accomplishments section

Though it certainly helps your prospects to have an extensive list of awards and accomplishments in your resume to further sell yourself to hiring managers, there are instances like this sample resume in which the space it takes up simply isnt worth it. If youre going to include an accomplishments section, you should have enough material to take up several bullet points worth of information, unlike this sample which has only one item. Just eliminate the section entirely if you cant think of enough relevant things to include here and instead use what you had to further beef up your experience section. Furthermore, if you do have a fairly extensive list of achievements youd like to show, be sure to include metrics whenever you can as companies like to have concrete numbers to guide their decision-making.

Tense and clarity in the experience section

Since the experience section is by far the most important section of any resume, you had better take extra care to ensure that everything you include in it is relevant and easy to understand. In the case of this sample resume, the writer switches back and forth between present and past tense every few bullet points. The general rule of thumb in this area is that if you are currently employed at the company being referenced, use the present tense and use past tense for all other previous jobs. Failing to follow this rule places you at risk of confusing hiring managers as to your current employment status, which might lead some to simply removing you from consideration. Take the time to proofread so that everything is uniform in presentation. WRONG:

Managed team of 30

Managing labor and shrink

Maintaining cleanliness and sanitation

Writing weekly schedules

Responsible for hiring process

Supervised the store’s floor

Surpassed revenue goals in four consecutive quarters.

RIGHT:

Managed team of 30.

Managed labor and shrink.

Maintained cleanliness and sanitation.

Wrote weekly schedules.

Headed the stores hiring process.

Supervised the store’s floor.

Surpassed revenue goals in four consecutive quarters.

Now that youre armed with these solid tips from this Assistant Manager resume sample, youre ready to get cracking on a document for yourself. Take the time to make use of QuintCareer’s Resume Builder and youll have a standout resume prepared in just minutes.

Dr. Randall S. Hansen is founder of Quintessential Careers, one of the oldest and most comprehensive career development sites on the Web, as well CEO of EmpoweringSites.com. He is also founder of MyCollegeSuccessStory.com and EnhanceMyVocabulary.com. He is publisher of Quintessential Careers Press, including the Quintessential Careers electronic newsletter, QuintZine. Dr. Hansen is also a published author, with several books, chapters in books, and hundreds of articles. He’s often quoted in the media and conducts empowering workshops around the country. Finally, Dr. Hansen is also an educator, having taught at the college level for more than 15 years. Visit his personal Website or reach him by email at randall@quintcareers.com. Check out Dr. Hansen on GooglePlus.

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